Costa cruise liner adrift in Indian Ocean six weeks after Concordia disaster

The incident comes just six weeks after the Concordia ran aground and then
capsized off the Italian island of Giglio, with the loss of at least 25
lives. Both ships are owned by the Genoa-based company, Costa Cruises.


The smaller, 29,000-tonne Costa Allegra had left the port of Diego Suarez in
Madagascar on Saturday and had been due to dock in Victoria, the capital of
the Seychelles, on Tuesday.


The Costa Allegra is commanded by Capt Nicolo Alba, 48, from Monopoli, Puglia,

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